N_PrEK Law and Ethics in Communication

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. Mgr. Lukáš Novotný, M.A. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Vladimír Zoubek, CSc., LL.M., MBA (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Dr. et Dr. Vladimír Robert Matas, MA, CSc.
Department of Law – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Franců
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_PrEK/cMPH: each odd Monday 12:15–12:59 S01, each odd Monday 13:00–13:45 S01, V. Zoubek
N_PrEK/pMPH: each odd Monday 8:45–9:29 S01, each odd Monday 9:30–10:15 S01, each odd Monday 10:30–11:14 S01, each odd Monday 11:15–12:00 S01, V. Zoubek
N_PrEK/vMPH: Sat 26. 10. 9:45–11:15 S24, 11:30–13:00 S24, 14:00–15:30 S24, Sat 7. 12. 9:45–11:15 S23, 11:30–13:00 S23, 14:00–15:30 S23, L. Novotný
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
At the end of the course student will be able to clarify and explain the interdependence between law and ethics, the relationship of legal and ethical standards, as well as the concept of ethics in the background of marketing and interpersonal communication, particularly also in order to explain the terminology in the law that has linkage with ethics (basic human rights, personal rights, civil liberties, legal certainty, etc.), to clarify the concept of ethics in various areas of law and various human and professional activities, and also to understand concerning tc. Current issues of multiculturalism in on local geographic and cultural-historical principles (resp. customs), law and ethics.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit are the student's knowledge acquired at the oral exam.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethics as a philosophical category. Comparison of ethics and law. The concept of truth
  • 2 A natural law. Natural versus positive law.
  • 3 Legal norms and ethics. Radbruchs formula.
  • 4 Multiculturality versus national and cultural-historical specifics in legal and ethical issues.
  • 5 Freedom of speech, tolerance, limitation of freedom, fundamental right v. absolute right, right to information.
  • 6 Protection of human personality. Concept of personal data.
  • 7 Law and ethics in mass media. Protection of personality and mass media (see e.g. press act).
  • 8 Marketing, economic competition, protection of market agains unfair competition.
  • 9 Market environment, lobbyism, corruption, procurement.
  • 10 Ethics in advertising, advertising regulation act, ethical codes in advertising.
  • 11 Ethics in consumer relations. Protection of the weaker party relationship.
  • 12 Ethics in human medicine. Protection of personality in human medicine
Literature
    required literature
  • KANT, Immanuel: Základy metafyziky mravů. Praha: Svoboda, 1990. ISBN 80-205-0152-5.
  • MATES, Pavel. Ochrana soukromí ve správním právu. Praha: Linde, 2006.
  • WINTER, Filip: Právo a reklama v praxi. Praha: Linde, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7201-654-9.
  • FULLER, L. L.: Morálka práva. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1998. ISBN 80-86005-65-8.
  • VANĚK, J.: Základy sociální a ekonomické etiky. Praha: VŠE, 1997.
  • SPAEMANN, Robert: Základní mravní pojmy a postoje. Praha: SVOBODA, 1995. ISBN 80-205-0484-2.
  • GERLOCH, Aleš. Teorie práva. 6., aktualiz. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2013, 310 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-454-1.
    recommended literature
  • MATES, Pavel, JANEČKOVÁ, Eva, BARTLÍK, Václav. Ochrana osobních údajů. Praha: Leges, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87576-12-0
  • HART, H. L. A. Pojem práva. Praha: Prostor, 2010. ISBN: 978-80-7260-239-1.
  • DEVÁTÝ, S. -- TOMAN, P. Ochrana dobré pověsti a názvu právnických osob Praha Linde 1999 80-7201-169-3
  • RADBRUCH, Gustav: Rechtsphilosophie. Heidelberg: C. F. Müller Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-8252-2043-5.
  • PUTNOVÁ,A., SEKNICKA ,P.: Etické řízení ve firmě, Grada, Praha 2007, 168 str. ISBN 978 80247 162 3
  • MATES, Pavel. Ochrana korespondence a telekomunikace ve správním právu. Právní rozhledy. 2003, vol. 2003, No 6, p. 281-285. ISSN 1210-6410. info
  • MATES, Pavel. Reklama a ochrana soukromí. Daňová a hospodářská kartotéka. 2003, vol. 2003, 14.-15., p. 140-144. ISSN 1210-6739. info
Teaching methods
Interpretation of s   practical examples and possibilities queries in   During the course, the emphasis on interactivity and focus of the course into practice. Lectures and seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by taking an oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
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